The 64th edition of the Grammy Awards in 2022 had some surprises in major categories, which is why we compiled a list of the winners across all categories of the prestigious award.
Most of the awards were presented at the premiere show of the event which kicked off at 8:30 pm West Africa Time (WAT). The main event which is scheduled for Monday, April 4, 2022, at 1 am (WAT) would see key categories get announced.
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite – 100 Years of Blues
Blues Traveler – Traveler’s Blues
Cedric Burnside – I Be Trying – WINNER
Guy Davis – Be Ready When I Call You
Kim Wilson – Take Me Back
Best Contemporary Blues Album
The Black Keys Featuring Eric Deaton & Kenny Brown – Delta Kream
Joe Bonamassa – Royal Tea
Shemekia Copeland – Uncivil War
Steve Cropper – Fire It Up
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – 662 – WINNER
Best Folk Album
Mary Chapin Carpenter – One Night Lonely (Live)
Tyler Childers – Long Violent History
Madison Cunningham – Wednesday (Extended Edition)
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi – They’re Calling Me Home – WINNER
Sarah Jarosz – Blue Heron Suite
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul – Live in New Orleans!
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux – Bloodstains & Teardrops
Cha Wa – My People
Corey Ledet Zydeco – Corey Ledet Zydeco
Kalani Pe’a – Kau Ka Pe’a – WINNER
Best Reggae Album
Etana – Pamoja
Gramps Morgan – Positive Vibration
Sean Paul – Live N Livin
Jesse Royal – Royal
Soja – Beauty in the Silence – WINNER
Spice – 10
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Aida Cuevas – Antología de la Musica Ranchera, Vol. 2
Vicente Fernández – A Mis 80’s – WINNER
Mon Laferte – Seis
Natalia Lafourcade – Un Canto por México, Vol. 2
Christian Nodal – Ayayay! (Súper Deluxe)
Best Children’s Album
123 Andrés – Actívate
1 Tribe Collective – All One Tribe
Pierce Freelon – Black to the Future
Falu – A Colorful World – WINNER
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – Crayon Kids
Best Musical Theater Album
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella (Original Album Cast)
Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers (World Premiere Cast)
Girl from the North Country (Original Broadway Cast)
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The 2020 Les Miserables Staged Concert Company)
Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots (World Premiere Cast)
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical (Barlow & Bear) — WINNER
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Cruella (Various Artists)
Dear Evan Hansen (Various Artists)
In the Heights (Various Artists)
One Night in Miami…(Various Artists)
Respect (Jennifer Hudson)
Schmigadoon! Episode 1 (Various Artists)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Andra Day) — WINNER
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Kris Bowers – Bridgerton
Hans Zimmer – Dune
Ludwig Göransson – The Mandalorian: Season 2 – Vol. 2 (Chapters 13–16)
Carlos Rafael Rivera – The Queen’s Gambit – WINNER
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Soul
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Featuring Kathryn Hahn, Eric Bradley, Greg Whipple, Jasper Randall and Gerald White – “Agatha All Along” (WandaVision)
Bo Burnham – “All Eyes on Me” (Inside) – WINNER
Pink – “All I Know So Far” (Pink: All I Know So Far)
H.E.R. – “Fight For You” (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Jennifer Hudson – “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” (Respect)
Leslie Odom, Jr. – “Speak Now” (One Night in Miami…)
Best Instrumental Composition
Brandee Younger – “Beautiful Is Black”
Tom Nazziola – “Cat and Mouse”
Vince Mendoza & Czech National Symphony Orchestra f/ Antonio Sánchez & Derrick Hodge – “Concerto for Orchestra: Finale”
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble – “Dreaming in Lions: Dreaming in Lions”
Lyle Mays – “Eberhard”
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Richard Baratta – “Chopsticks”
Hauser, London Symphony Orchestra & Robin Smith – “For the Love of a Princess”
Emile Mosseri – “Infinite Love”
The 8-Bit Big Band Featuring Button Masher – “Meta Knight’s Revenge”
Rodrigo and Gabriela – “The Struggle Within”
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Ólafur Arnalds & Josin – “The Bottom Line”
Tonality & Alexander Lloyd Blake – “A Change Is Gonna Come”
Jacob Collier – “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”
Cody Fry – “Eleanor Rigby”
Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra & Julia Bullock – “To the Edge of Longing (Edit Version)”
Best Recording Package
Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly) – American Jackpot / American Girls
Nick Cave & Tom Hingston, art directors (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis) – Carnage
Li Jheng Han & Yu, Wei, art directors (2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group & The Chairman Crossover Big Band) – Pakelang — WINNER
Dayle Doyle, art director (Matt Berninger) – Serpentine Prison
Xiao Qing Yang, art director (Soul of Ears) – Zeta
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Darren Evans, Dhani Harrison & Olivia Harrison, art directors (George Harrison) – All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition — WINNER
Lordess Foudre & Christopher Leckie, art directors (Soccer Mommy) – Color Theory
Simon Moore, art director (Steven Wilson) – The Future Bites (Limited Edition Box Set)
Dan Calderwood & Jon King, art directors (Gang of Four) – 77-81
Ramón Coronado & Marshall Rake, art directors (Mac Miller) – Swimming in Circles
Best Album Notes
Ann-Katrin Zimmermann, album notes writer (Sunwook Kim) – Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas
Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong) – The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 — WINNER
Kevin Howes, album notes writer (Willie Dunn) – Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology
David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Stephan Puille, album notes writers (Various Artists) – Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895
Robert Marovich, album notes writer (Various Artists) – The King of Gospel Music: The Life and Music of Reverend James Cleveland
Best Historical Album
Robert Russ, compilation producer; Nancy Conforti, Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineers (Marian Anderson) – Beyond The Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Various Artists) – Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895
April Ledbetter, Steven Lance Ledbetter & Jonathan Ward, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) – Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music
Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell) – Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) — WINNER
Trevor Guy, Michael Howe & Kirk Johnson, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Prince) – Sign O’ The Times (Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Remixed Recording
Booker T – “Back to Life” (Booker T Kings of Soul satta dub)
Spencer Bastin – “Born for Greatness” (Cymek remix)
Tracy Young – “Constant Craving” (Fashionably Late remix)
3scape Drm – “Inside Out” (3scape Drm remix)
Dave Audé – “Met Him Last Night” (Dave Audé remix)
Mike Shinoda – “Passenger” (Mike Shinoda remix) — WINNER
Alexander Crossan – “Talks” (Mura Masa Remix)
Best Immersive Audio Album
George Massenburg & Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Ann Mincieli, immersive producer (Alicia Keys) – Alicia — WINNER
Jim Anderson & Ulrike Schwarz, immersive mix engineers; Bob Ludwig, immersive mastering engineer; Jim Anderson, immersive producer (Patricia Barber) – Clique
Greg Penny, immersive mix engineer; Greg Penny, immersive mastering engineer; Greg Penny, immersive producer (Harry Styles) – Fine Line
Jake Fields & Steven Wilson, immersive mix engineers; Bob Ludwig, immersive mastering engineer; Steven Wilson, immersive producer (Steven Wilson) – The Future Bites
Morten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor) – Stille Grender
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Jonathan Lackey, Bill Maylone & Dan Nichols, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion) – Archetypes
Richard King, engineer (Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax) – Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears
Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck, Mendelssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Luke McEndarfer, Robert Istad, Grant Gershon, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus, Pacific Chorale & Los Angeles Philharmonic) – Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand’
Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Steven Epstein
Elaine Martone
David Frost
Judith Sherman – WINNER
Best Orchestral Performance
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony Orchestra) – “Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre”
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony Orchestra) – “Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy”
Best Opera Recording
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – “Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle”
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – “Glass: Akhnaten” – WINNER
London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus & LSO Discovery Voices – “Janáček: Cunning Little Vixen”
The Opera Philadelphia Orchestra – “Little: Soldier Songs”
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – “Poulenc: Dialogues Des Carmélites”
Best Choral Performance
Matthew Guard, conductor (Jonas Budris, Carrie Cheron, Fiona Gillespie, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Megan Roth, Alissa Ruth Suver & Dana Whiteside; Skylark Vocal Ensemble) – “It’s a Long Way”
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz & Luke McEndarfer, chorus masters (Leah Crocetto, Mihoko Fujimura, Ryan McKinny, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford, Simon O’Neill, Morris Robinson & Tamara Wilson; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus & Pacific Chorale) – “Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand” – WINNER
Donald Nally, conductor (International Contemporary Ensemble & Quicksilver; The Crossing) – “Rising w/The Crossing”
AGAVE & Reginald L. Mobley; Geoffrey SilverProducer – American Originals – A New World, A New Canon
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack VadProducer – Berg: Violin Concerto; Seven Early Songs and Three Pieces for Orchestra
Timo Andres & Ian Rosenbaum; Mike TierneyProducer – Cerrone: The Arching Path
Chick Korea; Chick Corea & Birnie Kirsh, producers – Plays
Amy Andersson, host; Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson & Lolita Ritmanis, producers – Women Warriors – The Voices of Change – WINNER
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andy Akiho, composer (Sandbox Percussion) – “Akiho: Seven Pillars”
Louis Andriessen, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Nora Fischer & Los Angeles Philharmonic) – “Andriessen: The Only One”
Clarice Assad, Sérgio Assad, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin & David Skidmore, composers (Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion) – “Assad, Clarice & Sérgio, Connors, Dillon, Martin & Skidmore: Archetypes”
Jon Batiste, composer (Jon Batiste) – “Batiste: Movement 11”
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